GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 M290X vs 880M among Laptop GPUs over 35W TDP

Gaming

Radeon R9 M290X
6.7
GeForce GTX 880M
7.5
GeForce GTX 780M
7.2
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

Radeon R9 M290X
5.9
GeForce GTX 880M
7.0
GeForce GTX 780M
6.7
T-Rex, Manhattan, Sky Diver Factor and Fire Strike Factor

Computing

Radeon R9 M290X
7.5
GeForce GTX 880M
7.0
GeForce GTX 780M
6.8
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

Radeon R9 M290X
7.0
GeForce GTX 880M
7.0
GeForce GTX 780M
7.2
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more

Value

Radeon R9 M290X
4.9
GeForce GTX 880M
4.8
GeForce GTX 780M
4.9
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more

Noise and Power

Radeon R9 M290X
8.5
GeForce GTX 880M
8.0
GeForce GTX 780M
8.5
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
6.7

Overall Score

Radeon R9 M290X
6.4
GeForce GTX 880M
6.7
GeForce GTX 780M
6.6

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 880M 

GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 880M  based on its gaming and benchmarks.

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AMD Radeon R9 M290X

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Front view of GeForce GTX 880M

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Radeon R9 M290X

Reasons to consider the
AMD Radeon R9 M290X

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Better PassMark score 4,284 vs 3,577 Around 20% better PassMark score
Lower TDP 100W vs 122W Around 20% lower TDP
Front view of GeForce GTX 880M

Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 880M

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Much better T-Rex score 3,359.5 vs 3,324.52 Almost the same
Significantly more memory 8,192 MB vs 4,096 MB 2x more memory
Better 3DMark vantage graphics score 29,582 vs 24,205 More than 20% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Higher clock speed 954 MHz vs 850 MHz More than 10% higher clock speed
Much better T-Rex score 3.57 frames/s vs -1 frames/s More than 450% better T-Rex score
Higher texture rate 122.1 GTexel/s vs 72 GTexel/s Around 70% higher texture rate
Much higher crysis 3 framerate 33.2 fps vs 22.8 fps More than 45% higher crysis 3 framerate
Better floating-point performance 2,930.7 GFLOPS vs 2,304 GFLOPS More than 25% better floating-point performance
More texture mapping units 128 vs 80 48 more texture mapping units
Higher BioShock infinite framerate 65.6 fps vs 46.8 fps More than 40% higher BioShock infinite framerate
Higher turbo clock speed 993 MHz vs 900 MHz More than 10% higher turbo clock speed
Higher metro: last light framerate 42.4 vs 33.1 Around 30% higher metro: last light framerate
More shading units 1,536 vs 1,280 256 more shading units

Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 M290X vs GeForce GTX 880M

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 M290X
258.05 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 880M
82.51 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 M290X
54.52 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 880M
41.2 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 M290X
1,134.46 frames/s
GeForce GTX 880M
1,215.86 frames/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 M290X
3,324.52
GeForce GTX 880M
3,359.5

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

Radeon R9 M290X
2,047.22
GeForce GTX 880M
3,715.14

Thief

Radeon R9 M290X
34
GeForce GTX 880M
40.15

Battlefield 4

Radeon R9 M290X
36.35
GeForce GTX 880M
46.2

Bioshock Infinite

Radeon R9 M290X
46.8
GeForce GTX 880M
65.6

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Comments

Showing 8 comments.
Keith O'Reilly (07:58 PM, September 21, 2015)
GTA V uses 7.5 GB of my 16 GB of VRAM
Blastergamer (04:31 PM, July 2, 2014)
according to other review sites and manufacturers, there is an 8GB and 4GB variant.
Tony (04:24 PM, June 24, 2014)
Because this site is biased. Don't come here unless you want to do Nvidia vs Nvidia or Intel vs Intel comparisons.
Mordorson (05:40 AM, June 24, 2014)
I suppose the real question is why does it have that much VRAM? You'll never go above 3GB on a laptop display anyways, was it just so they could charge people more?
Jett Angeles (06:27 AM, June 13, 2014)
No, it's got 8GB of Vram. 780M is the one that has 4GB.
alex01230 (03:11 PM, May 10, 2014)
Actually Blastergamer it is 8GB ram... it used to be 4GB or something like that.
Blastergamer (12:07 PM, May 2, 2014)
The GTX 880M only has 4GB of VRAM.
Naruto ninja (06:48 PM, April 28, 2014)
Why Nvidia always sh!t on poor AMD LOL?!
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